What is the test to sustain a petition for possession of stolen property against a minor?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from In re A.O., E046981 (Cal. App. 6/23/2009), E046981 (Cal. App. 2009):
Finally the evidence was sufficient to support the true finding on the petition. Minor was detained after dropping several items from his pocket and then running from Watson. Those items were identified by their owner as being taken from her car. It only needed to be proven that minor had possession of the property knowing it was stolen. (People v. Land (1994) 30 Cal.App.4th 220, 223.) Based on all of the surrounding circumstances, the juvenile court could reasonably conclude that minor was aware that the items he was seen throwing on the ground were stolen property and that he had dominion and control over the property to sustain the petition.
We have found no additional arguable issues.
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